Krzyżowice, Brzeg County
Krzyżowice | |
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Village | |
Church of the Ascension | |
Krzyżowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′N 17°28′E / 50.800°N 17.467°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Brzeg |
| Gmina | Olszanka |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | OB |
| Voivodeship roads | |
Krzyżowice [kʂɨʐɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German Kreisewitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) north-west of Olszanka, 8 km (5 mi) south of Brzeg, and 37 km (23 mi) north-west of the regional capital Opole.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word krzyż, which means "cross".[2]
Notable residents
- Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz (1795–1885), Prussian Lieutenant-General
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 130.